Volz S. (Ed.) Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer

Springer, 2007. - 390 p. - The book constitutes a particularly complete and original collection of ideas, models, numerical methods and experimental tools which will prove invaluable in the study of microscale and nanoscale heat transfer. It should be of interest to research scientists and thermal engineers who wish to carry out theoretical research or metrology in this field, but also to physicists concerned with the problems of heat transfer, or teachers requiring a solid foundation for an undergraduate university course in this area.Contents
Basic Concepts.
Laws of Macroscopic Heat Transfer and Their Limits
Transport in Dilute Media
Electrons and Phonons
Introduction to Radiative Transfer
Models and Numerical Methods.
Solution of the Boltzmann Equation for Phonon Transport
Radiative Transfer on Short Length Scales
Monte Carlo Method
Molecular Dynamics
Experimental Methods and Applications
Scanning Thermal Microscopy
Optical Technique for Local Measurement
Hybrid Techniques and Multipurpose Microscopes
Electron-Phonon Interactions in Metals and Metallic Nanostructures
Investigation of Short-Time Heat Transfer Effects by an Optical Pump-Probe Method.